Most recently she published a non-fiction children's book about the 55 countries of Africa. Atinuke is the author of over 20 children's books based on her life in Nigeria and the traditional stories. When she took a break from travelling in 2005 due to illness, she began writing her first book, about fictional character Anna Hibiscus, a young girl living in "Amazing Africa". She embarked on a creative journey and professional career of collecting stories from Africa and the African diaspora and telling them to local and international audiences, at festivals and schools.
Career Ītinuke's first story was told to an audience in England in 1990, when the booked performer didn't show. She has two sons and currently lives in Wales. Ītinuke was attending Storymoja Hay Festival in Kenya in 2013, during which there was a deadly attack on the nearby Westgate shopping mall. In university, Atinuke studied English and Commonwealth Literatures. Her parents and three siblings then moved to England, and Atinuke began attending public school. Ītinuke chose to attend a boarding school in England from ages ten to thirteen. Atinuke is of Yoruba ancestry through her father.
Her father was a Nigerian university lecturer and mother was an English editor. Personal life and education Ītinuke was born in Ibadan and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria with her parents and three siblings. There has been an explosion in excellent early readers books (designated with the "R" spine label in Tulsa City-County Libraries), and this series is one example of how simple text and images, along with an engaging main character and story, can help new readers bridge the gap to more complex chapter books.Atinuke is a Nigerian-born author of children's books and an oral storyteller of traditional African folktales. From taking a family vacation, to starting school, to preparing to visit her grandmother in Canada, Anna's experiences are similar enough to American children's lives to be familiar, but different enough to hold novelty.
Living with her parents and twin brothers (Double and Trouble), Anna goes through her everyday life with curiosity and delight. Amazing Africa!" That is how most of the chapters in the various Anna Hibiscus early reader series begin, and you easily see the amazing-ness that author Atinuke creates of young Anna's life.
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